EVACUATE

/ɪˈvæk.ju.eɪt/ ► audio Scrabble 13 Words With Friends 16

Definition

  1. verb move out of an unsafe location into safety.
  2. verb empty completely.
  3. verb move people from their homes or country.
  4. verb create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel).
  5. verb excrete or discharge from the body. — synonyms: void, empty

Examples

  • “The firefighters told us to evacuate the area as the flames approached.”
  • “The firefighters decided to evacuate all the inhabitants from the street.”
  • “The scientist evacuated the chamber before filling it with nitrogen.”

See all 47 words you can make from EVACUATE →

← Unscramble different letters